flooding
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When flooding helps
Base Score
8
15 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
D F G I L N O
Two-Letter Start
FL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 7 unique letters
- FL start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
- repeated letters
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- flooding is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (O x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FL start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
verb
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
verb
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
"The floor was flooded with beer."
verb
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
"The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints."
verb
To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
verb
To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
noun
Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.